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16 April 2017

Visualisations Tableau-style make content memorable

Jones talks about the advantages of data visualisations, or 'vizzes'.

Data visualisations can have many benefits for content providers, says Ben Jones, Director of Marketing, Outreach Programs at Tableau Software.
Jones provided several reasons at a workshop for media introducing
Tableau Public, a free version of Tableau's visualisation platform:

They capture the imagination, providing a focal point in a block of text and shaping the gist of the story.

They illustrate trends more easily than using words alone.

Visualisations
facilitate comparisons. "Right away you can see a difference there. It
makes a comparison hard to miss," Jones said.

Visualisations
can hit close to home. Content creators can make use of
locally-available data to "give people the opportunity to find out the
story in their own neck of the woods", Jones said. The interactive
visualisations created with Tableau software are interactive, allowing
readers to drill down into more detailed data. "They
See the big picture and dive into a certain region to find out (more),"
Jones said. "It's a fun story to share on social media. You can
see the story that relates to you and the other people you know."

Visualisations
stimulate dialogue and aid memory. "Which story are they likely to
remember tomorrow? It is
all about clicks, shares and comments," Jones pointed out. Interactive
visualisations tend to draw readers to explore, lengthening the time
spent on the page as well, he said.